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Today Russia condemned North Korea in the strongest terms after Kim Jong-un’s regime tested what could possibly be a hydrogen bomb, his sixth nuclear test. The Kremlin urged calm. “This latest demonstrative disregard by Pyongyang of the requirements of the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the norms…
Image by Kremlin.ru The commander of American forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, doesn’t trust the Russians regarding the upcoming Zapad (West) 2017 exercise which will be held in Kalingrad, western Russia, and Belarus, from the 14-20th of September. Holding a joint press conference with Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas…
The Russian Foreign Ministry has posted videos of American officials searching the Russian trade mission in Washington, D.C. They are making a big outcry over the incident in Moscow, sure to inflame anti-American sentiment in the country. Tsarizm is trying to get good information on why the incident happened from…
Image by Robert Cotič The tiny European nation of Slovenia, home to Melania Trump, is seeing thousands of migrants from North Africa and Syria pour over its borders after Hungary shut its border with Croatia to prevent entry. The ‘refugees’ are arriving by train and bus at the Slovenian-Croatian border,…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to establish biometric controls for all foreign nationals entering the country stating January 1, 2018. The government in Kyiv is also revising its immigration risk classification for certain nations, including the Russian Federation. Poroshenko gave officials one month to develop a plan…
Image by Kent Wang After the diplomatic row in San Francisco, where the fire department was called to the Russian consulate after black smoke was seen rising from the roof, a similar incident took place at the Russian trade mission in Washington, D.C. Russia lodged a protest with the American…
Image by Mykola Vasylechko, Світлина Миколи Василечка The European Union and Ukraine finalized their Association Agreement today, heralding closer ties, in which negotiations began ten years ago. The signing of the agreement is what sparked the Maidan Revolution which forced the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanykovych, who now resides…
Smoke Rising From Russian San Fransisco Consulate…Occupants Won’t Allow SFFD In.
Today Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war against the hegemony of the U.S. Dollar. Of course, he couched the declaration in a statement saying Russia would work to counter the ‘excessive domination’ of certain reserver currencies. The comments were published in an article in the runup to the BRICs summit…